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Birth Order, Family Size and Educational Attainment
de Haan, Monique - 2005
, by examining the relation with years of education for different family sizes separately; this avoids the problem that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325403
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Birth order, educational attainment and earnings: an investigation using the PSID
Kantarevic, Jasmin; Mechoulan, Stéphane - 2005
Whether siblings of specific birth order perform differently has been a longstanding open empirical question. We use the family tree structure of the PSID to examine two claims found in the literature: whether being early in the birth order implies a distinct educational advantage, and whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267508
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Birth order matters: the effect of family size and birth order on educational attainment
Booth, Alison L.; Kee, Hiau Joo - 2005
their children's education. We construct a composite birth order index that effectively purges family size from birth order … and family level attributes, we find that children from larger families have lower levels of education and that there is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267651
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The More the Merrier? : The Effect of Family Composition on Children's Education
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2004
order has a significant and large effect on children?s education; children born later in the family obtain less education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262020
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Birth Order Effects in the Developed and Developing World: Evidence from International Test Scores
Andersen, Dana C.; Gunes, Pinar Mine - 2023
This paper examines the effect of birth order and family size on human capital using a consistent measure of cognitive skills across a diverse set of countries with different levels of development from PISA dataset. Using a birth order index that is orthogonal to family size, as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296675
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Birth order effects in the developed and developing world : evidence from international test scores
Andersen, Dana C.; Güneş, Pinar Mine - 2023
This paper examines the effect of birth order and family size on human capital using a consistent measure of cognitive skills across a diverse set of countries with different levels of development from PISA dataset. Using a birth order index that is orthogonal to family size, as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013542842
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Birth order and human capital development: Evidence from Ecuador
de Haan, Monique; Plug, Erik; Rosero, José - 2012
In this paper we examine the effect of birth order on human capital development in Ecuador using a large national database together with self-collected survey data. Using family fixed effects models we find significant positive birth order effects; earlier born children stay behind in their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287695
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Childhood Homelessness and Adult Employment: The Role of Education, Incarceration, and Welfare Receipt
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Zhu, Anna - 2015
This paper analyzes the long-term consequences of children experiencing homelessness. Our primary goal is to assess the importance of the potential pathways linking childhood homelessness to adult employment. We use novel panel data that link survey and administrative data for a sample of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307477
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The Youngest Get the Pill: ADHD Misdiagnosis and the Production of Education in Germany
Schwandt, Hannes; Wuppermann, Amelie - 2015
education. We find robust evidence for school-entry age related misdiagnosis of ADHD in Germany. Within Germany and … attempt to facilitate and improve the production of education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401635
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Involuntary integration in public education, fertility and human capital
Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2008
This article analyzes the negative side of involuntary integration in public education - its effect on whites. The … model shows that the flight from the integrated multicultural public schools to private education increases private … prosperous parents multicultural integration in public education decreases their children's human capital levels. The analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336029